When Joshua lead the Israelites over the Jordan River on dry land (Joshua 4:4-7), the priests were told to leave twelve stones, representing the twelve tribes of Israel...

What kinds of enemies did Israel have to battle in the promised land?

The prerequisite for perpetuating this eternal and permanent legacy to the whole human race is...

What kinds of enemies did Israel have to battle in the promised land? … the Hittites, Hevites, Jebusites, Canaanites, Edomites, Philistines, and so forth. The Lord had promised Israel the land if by faith they trusted Him to subdue their enemies. Our struggles are not against flesh and blood, but against rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. (Ephesians 6:12) As Christian soldiers our enemies are the flesh (ourselves), the world and its standards and the Devil who is the earth’s ruler over mankind.

The entire human race, regardless of color, creed or belief, has been made in the image of God; all are of the same family going back to our original parents, Adam and Eve. The Lord sees each individual as a person of worth (Psalm 139). Each is unique, precious and one of a kind…apart from any accomplishments or achievements; each is special because each is made in the image of God. The life of a person can only be meaningful, satisfied and fulfilled as that person allows our Creator/Designer to be in control of each of us. His major purpose is to have us love, glorify and enjoy Him forever. When we do not have His presence, promises and power we live a life of idolatry. We become our own god and actually evolve into a non-person, developing a standard based upon relativism, secularism and humanism; all lead to skewed value systems and immoral twists.

But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them. II Timothy 3:1-5